* Monday I went to work for 45 minutes. (Pretty much not worth the two hour commute to only stay for 45 minutes!) I struggled with a sore throat last weekend and on Monday it had morphed into a fever as well and they don't really mess around with that at work. So...I had a sick day! I'm terrible at resting, so I'm not sure I was very effective, but at least I tried. Except for when I drove out to my old church to take a tour of their HUGE new addition. It's pretty cool!! Excited for them.
* Tuesday I returned to work and made it through the whole day! That evening, I had dinner with Jenny and got my very first birthday present! (A beautiful plant for my porch!) THEN I came home and went for my very first hard core "From Tubby Tummy to 10K" training run. I developed my own pre-novice novice program and ended up going four miles...running a total of one and walking the other three. (I did not run one consecutive mile. Broke it up.) I thought that was pretty good for having been sick the day before and still not having full lung capacity!
* Wednesday I was on the air with Lynne, sounding like the Allstate man. Between my head fog and her allergy meds, we could hardly issue a non-stumbled-over sentence between us. Cracked us both up. Lucy and Ethel, we are. I so desperately wanted to get out and try a second run that night but it was chilly and windy and I thought it was risky if I wanted to try to get WELL rather than worse...so I stayed inside. :(
* Thursday I graduated to sounding like Roz from Monsters Inc. I went to the store that night and bought Vitamin C, hair color, and cough drops - and I had to rip open the cough drops in checkout. (Yes, I became one of those people.) Does this mean I'm getting old???? Just in case, I came home and did a little pedicure fun.
* Friday I pulled a really STUPID stunt. I ended up having WAY too much caffeine in comparison to the pitiful amount of food I ate. (Read: 6 cups of coffee and a large iced tea against about 3/4 cup of spaghetti for the entire day.) By the end of the day I was completely sick to my stomach and my heart was racing. Super. So I came home, rested, ate a little more and then went out and attacked the yard while I had time. When I finished all my chores, I curled up with Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids.HILARIOUS show.
* Saturday I made my first pilgrimage to Botkins, Ohio, to work the Secret Keeper Girl Conference. (More on that later.) And guess what? On the way home, ONE BLOCK from my house, I got pulled over. I am still mad about it. Not even going to lie a little bit. I'll tell you more about it when I don't have invisible smoke coming out of my ears.
One Thousand Gifts: This week, I'll admit, I've struggled to find gifts. Maybe my eyes weren't as open because I didn't feel well. Or maybe I felt stupid writing down "left nostril clear!" as a gift. But I'll admit this week didn't flow (in my journal, anyway) with gifts like the others did. But I loved this one. Friday, when I came home, feeling sick from the caffeine/food mess, I found a jar of homemade grape jelly and a card on my back porch. I opened the card and found it was from one of my good, good IWU friends, Ruth. She wished me a happy birthday and thanked me for encouraging her. Not only was the gift a pick-me-up in a moment when I felt not-so-picked-up, but just the very mention that anything at ALL I'd ever said or done had been encouraging...was a wild gift. Thank you, Ruth. You made my day. And I love grape jelly. :)
Pinterest Inspiration: I did not take a picture of my version of this one this week because as you'll see in a moment, it's just not necessary. I made cheeseburger soup while I was home sick, and discovered that I had NOTHING to pour the grease from the meat into. I was out of pie pans and butter tubs and jelly jars and all my usual collection spots. Then I remembered seeing this on Pinterest:
Yep! It worked like a charm! No more collecting weird leftover containers to house grease!
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